Welcome to the Family: Announcing Skees Family Foundation’s 2015 Partners

Welcome to the Family: Announcing Skees Family Foundation’s 2015 Partners

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 By Suzanne Skees for Skees Family Foundation   We laughingly call SFF “the world’s tiniest foundation with the mightiest ambition” to end poverty worldwide, in our lifetime. How? As Steve Jobs put it, “We have gone to exceptional lengths...Read more
Ending Poverty: There’s an App for That!

Ending Poverty: There’s an App for That!

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Editor’s Note: Rural Africa presents changemakers with intractable challenges across sectors, but one American investor, Grameen Foundation, believes it all comes down to access to information. Grameen Foundation has invested millions to develop mobile-phone...Read more
A Home for Everyone: WCCN Empowers Nicaragua’s Families

A Home for Everyone: WCCN Empowers Nicaragua’s Families

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A typical “precarious” home in the Managua slums. Editor’s Note: This summer, our director, Suzanne Skees, traveled to Nicaragua with Working Capital for Community Needs (WCCN). She discovered that her childhood dream of everyone having access to...Read more
Amplifying Unheard Voices: Voice of Witness Turns 10 Years Old

Amplifying Unheard Voices: Voice of Witness Turns 10 Years Old

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Voice of Witness celebrates ten years of impact by releasing a volume of narratives from over the years, edited by cofounder Dave Eggers. Our foundation fervently believes in the power of strong storytelling. Last year, we were fortunate enough to begin supporting...Read more
Learning by Teaching, Around the World

Learning by Teaching, Around the World

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Editor’s note: This month, the entire Skees clan proudly celebrates the graduation of Brienne’s younger sisters, Teresa and Victoria, from Montgomery County High School in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. As Brienne travels the world to teach, her sister Alexandra...Read more